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famous people and animals

A while ago I had, like, ten pictures of famous people and dogs or cats in a single refresh of my tumblr dash. And I was amused and thought, hmm, I wonder how many more of those I could find!

The answer was ... kind of a lot. Okay, really a lot.

And I decided to save them all and wait to post them some day when folks needed some cheer. So today I picked a set that might amuse thingswithwings since she is sick today, and then threw in some more picked by a randomizer to make a giant post of famous people and animals.

So! Under the cut you will such seminal works of artistic genius as "Adele (and a dog)," "Alison Bechdel (and a cat)," "Bettie Davis (and a cat)," "Billie Holiday (and a dog)," "Gloria Estefan (and a box full of puppies)," "Esha Deol (and two puppies)," "Gertrude Stein and Alice B Toklas (and a dog)," "Ian McKellen (and a dog)," "Jessica Hsuan (and some dogs)," "Sigourney Weaver (and a cat)," and more. A lot more. Including playing the game "how many Doctor Who actors can eruthros find pictures of holding animals?"

This is just a random(ish) selection of pics - I'll post another swath some other time when I'm bored or need an emergency kitten infusion.

I don't actually know most of these people (except by name) and I'm bad at faces even for people I know, so I am basically taking the internet's word on all of these pictures and wikipedia's word on what names people go by. If I've got the wrong name for someone, please let me know!

I am also up for iconing any of these - just drop a comment if there are a couple you want icons of.

1.

Adam Jones (center fielder for the Baltimore Orioles) and his dog Missy. Adam's holding Missy's head in his hands as they rub noses.

Adrien Grenier (actor, Entourage) and his dog. They are sitting in an empty bathtub together (why? who knows) and Adrien has his arms around his dog, who has a paw on Adrien's forearm, n'awww.

4.

Aishwarya Rai and her dog. Aishwarya is hugging her dog with one hand on the dog's head. They are both sort of smiling, n'awww.

5.

Alan Cumming and two dogs. They're sitting together outside on a bench, and Alan has an arm around his bigger dog while the smaller dog sits on his lap.

6.

Alan Cumming and his two dogs inside on the sofa. His bigger dog is sleeping with Alan's hand on his leg; the smaller dog is sitting on Alan's lap looking out at the camera. Alan is wearing a pink cardigan and a big smile.

7.

Alison Bechdel and her cat at her desk. Alison is wearing an orange hat, and her cat is wearing an orange collar.

Anderson Cooper being licked by a puppy on camera. According to the tumblr where I snagged this, he was doing a spot on rescuing puppies, and kept being adorabled by this puppy instead of doing his lines.

Billie Holiday and Mister in her dressing room. Billie is sitting in her chair looking out at the camera; next to her, Mister is also sitting on a chair and looking at the camera. Billie has a hand on Mister's chest. (Billie Holiday and Mister pic 2 original size)

Freddie Mercury leaning against a table and holding a big cat in his arms.

75.

Freddie Mercury, a guy I don't know, and a cat. Freddie is wearing a Hawaiian shirt and looking over the shoulder of the unknown guy, who is cradling a cat to his naked chest. Everyone involved has a really 70s moustache (except the cat).

Nelsan Ellis cuddling a pit bull puppy; the puppy is stretching up to look at the sky, and Nelsan is looking at it, charmed.

147.

Nelsan Ellis cuddling a pit bull puppy; the puppy looks concerned, and Nelsan is holding it carefully and smiling.

148.

The members of 'NSync posing with their dogs (and possibly one cat). My image description for this is stymied by my inability to tell the 'NSync guys apart, but all five guys are here, and all of them are cuddling dogs.

Portia de Rossi, Ellen DeGeneres, and two of their dogs. Portia and Ellen are in their wedding clothes; Portia's holding up a small white dog, and Ellen is either kissing Portia's shoulder or pretending to kiss the dog. Ellen has her other hand on a bigger black dog beside them.

152.

Rachel Maddow sitting in her library, leaning over to hug her chocolate lab-type dog.

153.

A topless Ralph Fiennes standing in front of a starry background and holding a grey whippet.

John Barrowman sitting on a sofa with one arm around one of his spaniels; they seem to be watching tv together.

184.

John Barrowman sitting at a faux Italian-restaurant table with a small terrier; they're replicating the spaghetti-eating scene from Lady and the Tramp, and there's a strand of spaghetti going from John's mouth to the dog's mouth.

185.

John Barrowman on his hands and knees with one arm around a dog; the dog is looking up and licking John's face.

186.

John Barrowman holding up a small worried-looking dog at a charity event and making kissy faces at it.

Gareth David Lloyd (actor; Ianto Jones in Torchwood) holding a small dog and a microphone.

189.

Freema Ageyman looking concerned and holding a cat on the set of Blue Peter. I couldn't find the original image or the Blue Peter video anywhere, so I kept this lolcat instead; the lolcat text says "I had a Doctor ... but he regenerated. Iz now played by Fluffy."